[citation needed] In 1967, boys were admitted for the first time (having previously been educated at what later became Golborne County Junior School.)

New additions to the building included the Sports Hall (originally intended to be a swimming pool) and the RoSLA Block where the Sixth Form students were educated.

[citation needed] The school badge comprises a green shield, quartered by the red cross of St George of England.

The fourth symbol is the red rose of Lancashire, although technically the school now lies in Greater Manchester since local government re-organisation in 1974.

[1] Two students reached the National Final of a robot building competition in Milton Keynes, having won the heats of the contest at Salford University.